New WordPress users often have trouble finding their login or admin URL to access their accounts. In this guide we will show you how to find your WordPress login URL, how to find your WordPress admin URL, and essentials around how to keep your login protected.
Why the WordPress Login is Important
WordPress is a content management system that allows you to easily build websites, create content to share on the web, and allow users to login to your website to leave comments or even contribute content. To effectively manage your WordPress website or to interact with the website of others you will need to know how to find the login URL first.
How to Find Your WordPress Login URL
There are technically two types of logins for WordPress though both often share the same actual login. WordPress has a front end login form for users of a website and an admin login url for the administrators and staff of a website.
If you are a user of website like a customer of a store, reader of a blog, or podcast subscriber you probably want to use the front end login form. There are several way to find this such as adding /login/ or /wp-login.php after the domain name.
www.mywebsite.com/login/www.mywebsite.com/wp-login.phpIf you are the admin or staff of a website such an author, SEO, editor, copywriter, or management staff you want to use the admin login which you can find by adding /admin/ or /wp-admin/ after the domain name of your website or the site you are logging in to.
www.mywebsite.com/admin/www.mywebsite.com/wp-admin/How to Find the Login URL if it Has Been Changed
Some WordPress websites change the login URL for users, staff, and admins to something else in order to thwart hackers and spammers. When this happens it can be difficult to find the login url, of course that is by design.
If you’re trying to login to a website as a user we recommend looking for the login link which on desktop is typically located in the top right-hand corner and signfied by the word “login” or with a key icon. On mobile apps the login is often a button located inside of the hamburger icon in the top right-hand or left-hand corner of the app or mobile site.
If you are trying to access the admin dashboard of the website there isn’t any way to find this on your own. The only way to find the admin login is to ask someone what the login is. Who should you ask? That depends on the organization. If you’re a small business owner you might ask your web hosting company or the web designer who built your website. If you’re a staff member of larger website you probably want to ask someone like the I.T. department, a webmaster, or an in-house SEO.